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Walk the Talk Bush?

Walk the Talk Bush?

I’ll Ask Them, Jesus John F. Borowski has posted an article at CommonDreams.Org that posits some interesting questions about religion, hate, and arrogance. “The Republican effort to highjack morals” is, he claims, “as transparent as George Bush being the environmental, education or fiscally responsible “president.” Imagine answering Jesus on these questions: Has George Bush received a mandate to liquidate the creation? George Bush has not addressed the issue of mass extinction or the threat of global warming. How can despoilment…

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Bush Threatens Mankind, says Caldicott

Bush Threatens Mankind, says Caldicott

Bush Threatens Mankind, says Caldicott Nobel Peace Prize nominee, world-renowned anti-nuclear and environmental activist Dr. Helen Caldicott considers Bush a threat to the world. She’s not kidding. She’s talking about the possible extinction of humanity under the reign of Bush. The number one problem is the threat of nuclear war. “This is the most serious election that has ever occurred in the history of the human race, without a scrag of doubt,” she told the Sydney Morning Herald (smh.com). “I…

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Sorry Everybody

Sorry Everybody

Sorry Everybody Submit your photo to the sorry everybody site. It started the day after the US presidential election with one student posting a picture of himself on the internet holding up a sign reading: “Sorry world (we tried) – half of America”. Within just a few days, the website www.sorryeverybody.com, set up by James Zetlen, had 27 million hits, he said. The site features more than 2,200 pictures of contrite Americans holding up placards expressing their sorrow at the…

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Vigil at US Assassin School

Vigil at US Assassin School

SOAW “Like many of its graduates, this school continues to operate with impunity,” said Carlos Mauricio, torture survivor and plaintiff in a successful lawsuit against two Salvadoran Generals living in the US. “Shutting down the SOA would send a strong human rights message to Latin America and the world.” The School of the Americas at Ft. Benning will be the site of a vigil on November 20-21st. The School of the Americas (SOA) is a US Army training school that…

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The New Silent Majority

The New Silent Majority

A new post-election poll of more than 10,000 voters, conducted by Zogby International and co-sponsored by the Center for American Progress, Res Publica and Pax Christi, provides rich insight into how religion and faith influenced voting decisions this year and challenges much of the conventional wisdom on the subject. Key findings include: The new silent majority in America is a coalition of religious moderates, religious progressives and other nontraditional religious voters. This bloc of religious voters constitutes 54 percent of…

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Presidential Macabre

Presidential Macabre

George W. Bush visits a primary school and is sitting in one of the classes. They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks the President if he would like to lead the discussion of the word, “tragedy.” So the illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a tragedy. One little boy stands up and offers: “If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field…

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